Henry Wickham (explorer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Wickham (explorer)

British botanist and self-declared "biopirate"

Date of Birth: 29-May-1846

Place of Birth: Hampstead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1928

Profession: botanist, explorer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir Henry Alexander Wickham (29 May 1846 – 27 September 1928) was a British explorer and bio-thief.
He was the first person to successfully export a large and fresh enough batch of Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire under false pretenses.
The British had long planned to create rubber farms in Southeast Asia, and using Wickham's batch, the resulting plantations brought about the collapse of the Amazon rubber boom.